Improvement in book-covers



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w. o. WEN DE LL, or' A Lisaiv Y, NYE w .ventel Leners Patmjvo. 88,684, me nmz c, 1869. i. Y

IMPROVMENT IN BOOK-COVERS.

The Schedule referred tor'in .these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom-fit may` concern:

.Be it known that I, W. O. WENDELL, of the city of Albany, and county/fof Albany, in the State of New York, have invented anew and improved Book-Cover; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a bound book, which is provided with my improved cover.

Figure 2 shows the manner of making the cover.

Figure 3 is a sectional view, showing the manner of making the iiexible back to the cover. l

Similar letters ,of reference indicate corresponding parts` in the several figures. This invention relates `to a new and improved cover, which is designed' forprotecting bound books, which are subjected to considerable wear and tearVs/uch, for .i 11stance, asv school-books belonging to circulating libraries, andbooks that-are very highly 4and expensive bound, which it is desired 'to preserve vfrom injury forl along time.

The invention is'designed to furnish the trade with book-covers ofdiiierent sizes, shapes, and styles, adapted .for the various sizes and shapes of bound volumes, which covers shallebe so made as to allow of their ready application to-or removal from books, without the .use of cement, stitching, or other fastening; and which covers are'also so made that they will fit snugly upon books for which they are made, and allow them to be opened and shut with perfect freedom, withoutpossessing that unpleasant looseness which is lusually found in using books, whose covers have been manu. flicture'd upon them.

' The nature of my invention consists' 'in a book-cover, which is adapted to envelop the bound covering of a book, and protect it from wear, and from becoming soiled through use, and which is produced of paper, so v out, folded, and secul'ed as-to form two pockets for receiving and coveringr the side-boards of a book, which pockets are connected'together by a ijeXible strengthened back, for covering and protecting the back of the book, the whole being so made as to be readily slipped upon or removed from a book-cover, as will be hereinafter explained. Y

To enable others skilled in theart to understand my'v invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings- 1 A A represent those portions of the covering which enclose the side-'boards of a book, and

.j ,B represents the connecting portion ofthe cover which "encloses thebackfpait ofthe book. l

, Theeover is cut out from one piece of paper, as represented-in fig. 2, with the three vfolding lia-ps, a a a', on eacli'nside portion, or on each'side ofthe central or back portion B, as indicated by the dotted lines in the figure last referred to.

Before folding the llaps a a a., narrow pieces c c of cloth or leather, are neatly pasted on opposite sides of .the connecting back portion B, for the purpose'of strengthening this portion, `preventing it from readily tearing, and affording it durability, without impairing its iiexibility.

If it is desired to render the corners of the book-cover v more durable than would be afforded by the material of which the cover is chiefly composed, pieces of cloth or, leather may be pasted upon the cover at proper points toprotect the said corners. The aps al a are then folded, lapped, and pasted, and the iiaps a'n/ folded over them and pasted down securely, thus forming two pockets, ready to 'receive the covering boards, or lids of a book, as represented in ii 2.

Tis cover is applied to a book by turning both lids, or coveringfboards backward, and' then drawing both pockets ot' the cover over the lids at thesame time. When the back B of the cover is'l'brought against the back of the book, the lids .can then be closed, and the cover, if properly, cut, will it snugly, and be held in place without any other fastening or manipulation.

The cover can be removed from the book with the same facility as it was put upon it, by again turning' back the lids and drawing the cover off.

Having described my invention, f v K What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved new article of manufacture, the within-described book-cover, made of one piece of paper, shaped, folded, and stayed with cloth or leather strips c c, allrin the manner shown and described;

Y W. O. WENDELL.

Witnesses:

WM. STORY, Jonn T. Manna, 

